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The academic paper explains that the condition provokes an intense reaction, even though “the stimuli are usually clusters of holes of any variety that are almost always innocuous and seemingly pose no threat.”

The severity of the fear ranges on a case to case basis.

While some find that clusters of holes causes them to feel uncomfortable, others have claimed that the sight of the images can make them shake all over in fear.

While research on the condition is still in its infancy, some experts believe that it is in our DNA to feel repelled by the repeated patterns.